Jags don't feel they have any glaring needs heading into the draft

After a solid free agency haul this offseason and years of building a strong roster, Jacksonville Jaguars general manager, Dave Caldwell, has set the team’s roster up nicely for this week’s draft. In fact, he’s built a strong enough roster to the point where he feels the Jags will be able to take the best available player as opposed to taking a player they’ll need to insert into the lineup right away. During Friday’s draft luncheon with the local media of Jacksonville, Caldwell discussed the new approach the front office will be implementing as the team will be picking outside of the top-5 for the first time since he’s been general manager.

“[The media has] been around us where we didn’t have guys to line up with at this point of the year,” Caldwell per, the Florida Times-Union. “Our first year here, we had to draft rookies and start them. Now we can take the best player available. We have needs, don’t get me wrong, but we don’t have a glaring need.”

If the Jaguars are truly set on taking the best available player, there could be several prospects available who would be great additions to the team, especially on offense. In most of the projections floating around the web, several of the top tight ends (if not all of them) could be on the board for the No. 29 overall pick. That could lead to the Jags taking a player like Mike Gesicki or Dallas Goedert in round one.

If not a tight end, taking the best wide receiver or offensive lineman available might be an option as highly regarded prospects like Will Hernandez, Connor Williams, Courtland Sutton and Christian Kirk have been tabbed with late first round grades by many.

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